Archive: 25 January 2000
55 articles found
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
PT Newmont regrets court closure order
PT Newmont regrets court closure order JAKARTA (JP): PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, a unit of American gold mining company Newmont Mining Corp., regretted on Monday the injunction issued by a district court in North Sulawesi to temporarily suspend its operations as long as its dispute with the Minahasa regency remained in the courtroom. "We are absolutely appalled by the court's decision," company president Rick Ness said in a statement.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Four arrested for vicious taxi rape
Four arrested for vicious taxi rape JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mobile Police detectives (Resmob) took 12 hours to hunt down four men in connection with Friday night's vicious rape of a young woman in a taxi on Jl. Melawai, South Jakarta, a police chief said on Monday. Col.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Shopping centers urged to help small businesses
Shopping centers urged to help small businesses JAKARTA (JP): Owners of shopping centers should help the development of small businesses in the city by providing space for small-scale businesspeople, a councilor said on Monday. "Shopping center owners should each contribute 20 percent of their effective retail space for small-scale businesspeople," chairman of the city council's Commission B for economic affairs, M. Syarif Zulkarnaen, said.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Pelti names Davis Cup team
Pelti names Davis Cup team JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) has named its four players competing in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II matches against the Philippines in Manila from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6. The players are Suwandi, Febi Widhiyanto, Hendri Susilo Pramono and Edy Kusdaryanto. Old hand Dede Suhendar Dinata and lefthander Sebastian Da Costa have been excluded from the team. The players are still competing in three future tournaments in India.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
PT BMA fails to keep its word
PT BMA fails to keep its word MEDAN, North Sumatra: Former clients of a reopened multilevel marketing firm here complained on Monday about their unreturned deposits. Some of the claimants said there were no signs that the firm, PT BMA, would return their money. They spent hours at the company's office at Tata Plaza, only to be offered new schemes. The firm's founder, M.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Bandung:
Where to go in Bandung: Performance * Theater: Anarkis itu Mati Kebetulan, at Gedung Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Phone: 022 4233562), 8 p.m., Jan. 29 - 30. Music and Entertainment * Sheraton Bandung Hotel and Towers, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 390 (Phone: 022 2500303): - SOB Fun Pub, at 9 p.m. to 12 p.m.: Duff's Band, Monday, Spielen Accid Jazz, Tuesday. El Paso, Wednesday, Juz Kruzin, Thursday, Annova Juice, Friday, Freedom, Saturday. A Vonture, Sunday.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Seven drowned in ship mishap
Seven drowned in ship mishap KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: At least seven people drowned with several others missing when the Lintas Samudera cargo ship sank off Tanjung Teipo early Monday morning. Rescue teams found 42 survivors but the true number of those on board is unknown as the ship did not keep a proper log. "We still don't know exactly how many were on board. From those who survived we have gathered that six are missing," said Mawardi Yusuf, head of the province's communications office.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
ASEAN plans tourism campaign
ASEAN plans tourism campaign BANGKOK (AP): The 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations announced Sunday that they have agreed to stage a joint tourism campaign next year. The campaign will aim at painting the ASEAN region as a single tourism destination, said a press statement issued at a meeting of the group's tourism ministers. The joint campaign will be officially launched in Brunei in the year 2001, the statement said.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Piracy surges on back of RI woes
Piracy surges on back of RI woes KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Pirate attacks worldwide surged 40 percent in 1999 as economic and political troubles in Indonesia spurred a dramatic increase in incidents in Southeast Asia. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its annual report on Monday that the number of actual and attempted pirate raids increased to 285 last year from 202 in 1998. But the number of seafarers killed fell to three last year from 78 in 1998.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Scientist says Asia responsible for the thinning of ozone layer
Scientist says Asia responsible for the thinning of ozone layer By Paul de Bendern KIRUNA, Sweden (Reuters): The failure of China and India to phase out dangerous chemicals threatens the progress made in healing the earth's protective ozone layer, the man who discovered the ozone hole over Antarctica said on Sunday. Since British scientist Joe Farman identified the hole in 1985, the volume of ozone-killing substances released into the atmosphere has been cut but more needed to be done, he said.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
New body for auditing state officials' wealth
New body for auditing state officials' wealth JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives will propose the establishment of a 45-member commission to audit the wealth of state officials. House Speaker Akbar Tandjung said here on Monday that the commission would have one chairman, four deputy chairmen and 40 members tasked with auditing officials from state institutions and state-owned companies.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
BII executives to resign
BII executives to resign JAKARTA (JP): Two directors and a commissioner of publicly listed Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) will resign by the end of the month, the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) said on Monday. President director Hanafi Gan Bin Abdullah will apparently resign for health reasons. Vice president director Timothy Jones will leave the bank because his soon-to-mature contract with the bank will not be renewed by the shareholders, JSX said quoting a letter it received from the bank.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Unstable Indonesia a liability to region
Unstable Indonesia a liability to region This is the second of two articles based on a presentation by United States Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers in a luncheon at the Regent Hotel, Jakarta on Jan. 20. The event was jointly organized by AmCham Indonesia and Association of University Graduates of Economics Faculty (ISEI). JAKARTA: Businesses used to cite the stability of the Soeharto government as an important weight in their investment calculations.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
House urges investigation into questionable CPO deals
House urges investigation into questionable CPO deals JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representative has demanded the Joint Marketing Agency of state plantation companies renegotiate several crude palm oil contracts signed last year by the Palm Oil Marketing Center and foreign buyers.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
IBRA chief Cacuk confident of meeting sales target
IBRA chief Cacuk confident of meeting sales target SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): The new chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency said Monday he's confident of selling enough assets by the end of March to meet its target for the current budget. In an interview with CNBC Asia, Cacuk Sudarijanto also said he didn't plan to come up with a new strategy to push through sales at IBRA, pledging instead to continue the approach of the agency's first chairman, Glenn Yusuf.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Violence erupts in Bima, Sumbawa island
Violence erupts in Bima, Sumbawa island MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara (JP): As Mataram returned to normal after being rocked by sectarian violence last week, the town of Bima on the island of Sumbawa was hit by riots on Sunday. Antara news agency reported on Monday that a place of worship and a house were set ablaze by a mob in the village of Mbawa in the Donggo district of Bima. The island of Sumbawa is east of Lombok. Bima Police chief Lt. Col.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Police told to free students
Police told to free students MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: A group of students claiming to represent 50 organizations rallied at the local police headquarters on Monday to demand the release of fellow students arrested following a riot here last Tuesday. It was the second rally after hundreds of student activists marched through the streets to air their demand on Friday.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Prisoners told to go home
Prisoners told to go home WAMENA, Irian Jaya (JP): The local penitentiary is allowing 64 prisoners to serve the rest of their terms at home with their families following a "heated atmosphere" in jail. The chief warden, Idris, announced the controversial policy on Saturday, but refused to elaborate on his reasons. "We have tried to keep them here, but conditions at the jail make it impossible for them to stay with the other inmates," Idris said.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Government may increase regional minimum wage by 16 percent
Government may increase regional minimum wage by 16 percent JAKARTA (JP): The government will soon announce a raise in the regional minimum monthly wage, which officials have revealed is expected to be about the same as last year's average 16 percent rise. Syaufi'i Syamsuddin, director general for labor standards and industrial relations at the manpower ministry, disclosed the announcement was expected to be made by the end of the month.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Prerequisites for investment
Prerequisites for investment U.S. Finance Secretary Lawrence Summers has suggested that the (Indonesian) government give priority to the establishment of this country's macroeconomic stability. This is an expansive concept because it covers not only matters of a purely economic nature, but it also seeks to help prevent seeds of unrest from developing through economic measures. Foreign investment is highly needed because it is expected to help our economic recovery.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
IABC business luncheon
IABC business luncheon JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesia-Australia Business Council (IABC) will host a business luncheon on Tuesday, with noted economist Sri Mulyani Indrawati from the University of Indonesia the scheduled guest speaker. Sri Mulyani, also secretary-general of the National Economic Council, will discuss the government's 2000 draft budget, which was unveiled to the House of Representatives last week. The luncheon will be held at the Gran Melia Hotel. (rid)
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Racial conflicts may hamper tourism recovery
Racial conflicts may hamper tourism recovery JAKARTA (JP): Racial and religious conflicts in some parts of the nation could drag down the recovery process of the country's ailing tourism, local hoteliers said on Monday. Vice chairman of the Indonesian Association of Hotels and Restaurants, Feisol Hashim, said on Tuesday that if the conflicts could not be resolved soon, tourism could become worse than in 1998, when the industry fell into its worst crisis.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Tea plantations wrecked by mobs
Tea plantations wrecked by mobs BOGOR (JP): Hundreds of hectares of tea plantations in Puncak Mas here have been destroyed by mobs, causing total losses of Rp 8.2 billion (US$1.14 million), an official alleged on Monday. Hidayat Atmadibrata, chief of the Bogor plantation agency, said the mobs were hired by land brokers, who are abundant in the area. "If the destruction continues, over 1,200 tea farmers will likely lose their jobs," he told reporters.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
E. Timor's Gusmao arrives in Beijing for talks
E. Timor's Gusmao arrives in Beijing for talks BEIJING (Reuters): East Timor independence leader Xanana Gusmao flew into Beijing on Monday for talks with Chinese leaders on diplomatic relations and the situation in his strife-torn homeland, the official Xinhua news agency said. Beijing is also hosting a visit by Indonesia's air force chief, Marshal Hanafie Asnan, who arrived last Saturday for a five-day visit at the invitation of China's air force commander, Lt. Gen.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
What and whose truth?
What and whose truth? I think Mr. Richardson's article The U.S.: A party to mass murder?, published in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 13, and Jan. 14, 2000) is at least 15 years overdue. I have here an article by Ken Dale Scott titled The United States and the overthrow of Sukarno, 1965 - 1967, which I took from the Internet some time ago, and which discusses in detail the 1965 holocaust.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
EU applies anti-dumping duties on RI fiber makers
EU applies anti-dumping duties on RI fiber makers BRUSSELS (AFP): The European Commission is imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on polyester staple fibers from five Indonesian companies and other suppliers in Australia and Taiwan, after investigating complaints from EU producers.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
TI to set up Tae Kwon Do foundation to boost sport
TI to set up Tae Kwon Do foundation to boost sport JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tae kwon do Association (TI) will launch a Tae kwon do foundation in February to help develop the sport in Indonesia, TI chairman Suharto said. Suharto said the foundation, which was jointly set up by TI and a group of South Korean nationals who were doing business in Indonesia, would help raise funds to stage championships and to finance Indonesian tae kwon doins taking part in overseas training and competitions.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Officials issue warning on dengue
Officials issue warning on dengue TANGERANG (JP): Officials raised alarm over a possible outbreak of dengue fever from March to June, as this coming rainy season was a suitable medium for the infectious disease. "We can prevent this disease if we take precautionary measures right from the beginning," Nuriman Machjudin, head of the Tangerang health agency, said on Monday.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Approaches to violence
Approaches to violence Not long ago President Abdurrahman Wahid announced that people in Maluku (and everywhere) should solve their conflicts by themselves, and the government would not interfere. This kind of approach results in crushing of the minority by the majority. Perhaps he has learned from the tragedy in North Maluku and the violence in Mataram, Lombok, because the President now says a different thing. He said that "evil hands" had been at work.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
E. Timor to use dollar as its official currency
E. Timor to use dollar as its official currency DILI, East Timor (AP): The U.S. dollar is to become East Timor's official currency while it prepares for eventual self- government, members of the devastated territory's main independence group said on Monday. Officials of the National Council of Timorese Resistance, or CNRT, said the decision would be announced later Monday by the International Monetary Fund and the UN, which is administrating East Timor.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Man shot by officer unable to pay bills
Man shot by officer unable to pay bills JAKARTA (JP): A newspaper seller who has been receiving treatment at a hospital after being shot controversially by a military officer in early January is being held there due to unpaid medical bills of Rp 20 million (US$2,900). The victim, Widodo, was admitted to the Mediros hospital in North Jakarta after the random shooting outside the Seribu Satu Malam restaurant in Kelapa Gading on Jan. 2.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
S'pore investors unfazed by Bintan unrest
S'pore investors unfazed by Bintan unrest JAKARTA (JP): Singaporean investors remain interested in Riau province despite the weeklong turmoil at a Singaporean investment on Bintan island, Indonesian ambassador to Singapore Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday. "There aren't any Singaporean investors fleeing the island due to the unrest in Lobam and Lagoi areas.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Malaysia fears Anwar protest
Malaysia fears Anwar protest KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): The Malaysian government has warned supporters of jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim not to mount illegal street protests when his sodomy trial resumes this week. Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was quoted as saying that authorities would be on full alert and take firm action against anyone breaking the law when Anwar's trial reconvenes on Tuesday.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Lippo Life, Lippo E-Net
Lippo Life, Lippo E-Net JAKARTA (JP): Shareholders of publicly listed insurance firm PT Asuransi Lippo Life approved on Monday the company's proposal to change its name to PT Lippo E-Net and shift its focus to the Internet. The company said in a statement that the shareholders, during an extraordinary meeting, also approved the company's plan to invest up to Rp 2 trillion (US$278 million) in its Internet business. The statement did not say where the funds would come from.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Price gouging found at vehicle centers
Price gouging found at vehicle centers JAKARTA (JP): City councilors visiting several city-run vehicle test centers on Monday were angered by the price gouging they discovered at the centers. "The official fees vary from Rp 16,500 to Rp 20,000 (US$2.20 to US$ 2.70) per vehicle, but we found people paying up to Rp 150,000 to get their vehicles checked," the chairman of the council's Commission C on financial affairs, Amarullah Asbah, said.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Singapore minister and Gus Dur discuss Bintan
Singapore minister and Gus Dur discuss Bintan JAKARTA (JP): Visiting Singapore Education Minister Teo Chee Hean told President Abdurrahman 'Gus Dur' Wahid on Monday that riots on Bintan Island were counterproductive to the government's efforts to restore international market confidence.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Illegal poachers threaten Ujung Kulon national park
Illegal poachers threaten Ujung Kulon national park By MMI Ahyani UJUNG KULON, West Java (JP): The Ujung Kulon National Park, Java's main sanctuary for biodiversity and endangered species, is bearing the brunt of a severe lack of security. An estimated 80 percent of the coral reefs in Ujung Kulon National Park have been damaged. Fish bombing and forest theft have been blamed for the environmental degradation. The lack of personnel and equipment is a dire problem for the park.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
No plan to overthrow Akbar, says Golkar deputy chairman
No plan to overthrow Akbar, says Golkar deputy chairman JAKARTA (JP): Golkar deputy chairman Agung Laksono denied on Monday rumors that the party would soon hold an extraordinary meeting to topple chairman Akbar Tandjung. "There's no such thing ... We only agreed to speed up our consolidation," Agung said without explaining what he meant by "consolidation". He said the party needed to consolidate, especially ahead of the 2004 general elections.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Conversion Rates
Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Jan. 24, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
UNTAET responsible for East Timor hardships: Araujo
UNTAET responsible for East Timor hardships: Araujo JAKARTA (JP): President of the Timorese Nationalist Party (PNT) Abilio Araujo said on Monday the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) was responsible for the current hardships in East Timor. "We, the East Timorese, are not yet free.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
'Private Tarzan' and Jakarta's women warriors
'Private Tarzan' and Jakarta's women warriors By Sumono Mustoffa JAKARTA: They called her "Tarzan" - this slim teen-age Indonesian girl, hefting a rifle, in olive green uniform, blending into an all-male squad, except for the braided hair the military cap couldn't conceal. In today's "gender-equal" world, on the threshold of the third millennium, there's nothing remarkable about a platoon sergeant berating troopers - "Private Tarzan" included. But this was East Java in 1949.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Is Singapore immune to RI contagion?
Is Singapore immune to RI contagion? By Mantik Kusjanto SINGAPORE (Reuters): What a difference a year and a half makes. In May and June of 1998, when Indonesia sneezed, Singapore's markets caught a cold. But a recent spate of violence in the city state's next-door neighbor has been at most a minor factor for the Singapore dollar and share market, and fund managers, currency traders and strategists say there is little risk to investors that will change anytime soon.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia and Australia start patching up strained ties
Indonesia and Australia start patching up strained ties JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia and Australia began patching up their tattered relationship on Monday, but officials here admitted it would take time before ties between the two countries again reached intimacy. President Abdurrahman Wahid told visiting Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer here on Monday that Jakarta was committed to restoring ties, but more time was needed to heal the wounds of the diplomatic row.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Lt. Agus Isrok summoned to testify in drug case
Lt. Agus Isrok summoned to testify in drug case JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta District Court will summon Army Second Lt. Agus Isrok to testify before the hearing of an accomplice who was arrested along with him in a drug bust by city police last August, an official said on Monday. "We will send him a letter inviting him to attend the hearing, which is scheduled for Wednesday (Feb. 2)," a prosecutor in the case, Ferry Mupahir, told reporters.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
PSIS draw 1-1 with Makassar
PSIS draw 1-1 with Makassar SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): Defending champions PSIS Semarang could only draw 1-1 with PSM Makassar in the first round of the sixth Indonesian Soccer League (Ligina) at Jatidiri stadium here on Sunday. PSM's striker Yoseph Lewono created the first goal for his team in the 9th minute of the first half, but PSIS's striker Supriyono equalized in the 45th minute.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
VP visits riot-torn Maluku
VP visits riot-torn Maluku TERNATE, North Maluku (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri arrived in Maluku on Monday to renew the government's bid to bring peace to the riot-torn territory. Megawati's first stop was Tual, the capital of Southeast Maluku, which is peaceful after being hit by waves of sectarian violence last year. In Tual, Megawati visited some 6,000 refugees sheltered at the local police headquarters and naval base, witnesses said.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Bailout program extended
Bailout program extended The government's new letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed last week not only revives the IMF bailout program, which was technically suspended in September because of the Bank Bali corruption scandal, but also extends the scheme by two years until the end of 2002 with more than US$3.6 billion in new loan commitments.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
House to ask government to raise 2000 tax revenue target
House to ask government to raise 2000 tax revenue target JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives Commission IX for the state budget and banking wants the government to revise upward its tax revenue target for the 2000 budget. The head of Commission IX, Sukowalujo Mintohardjo, said on Monday there was still room to increase the tax revenue target because the country's current tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio was still low compared to neighboring countries.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Roots of the North Maluku conflict
Roots of the North Maluku conflict By Ester Indahyani Jusuf and Desideria Utomo This is the first part of an article on the conflict in North Maluku. JAKARTA (JP): The mass civilian killings in North Maluku have begun to subside with the increasingly forceful action taken by the government through the military. However, the dilemmas haunting the people of North Maluku, which are far more tangible than the superficiality of the conflict between two religious groups, remain untouched and unsolved.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Jan. 24, 2000: Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo 875 0 57,000 Alakasa Industrindo 525 0 0 Alfa Retailindo 975 -75 2,294,000 Alter Abadi 400 0 113,000 Alumindo Light Metal 1,100 0 0 Aneka Kimia Raya 550 0 10,500 Aneka Tambang (Persero) 1,350 0 2,421,500 Anwar Sierad 375 0 24,000 APAC Centertex Corp.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
KSO partners support telecoms reform plan
KSO partners support telecoms reform plan JAKARTA (JP): Partners of state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telkom in the joint operation scheme (KSO) have hailed the government's commitment in its letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund to reform the country's telecoms sector.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Don't use democracy to revive communism: Agung
Don't use democracy to revive communism: Agung JAKARTA (JP): Despite greater political freedom in the country, the Golkar Party stressed on Monday it would reject any attempts to revoke a 34-year-old decree which prohibits communism and Marxism. The head of Golkar's central board, Agung Laksono, said the party's position on this matter was nonnegotiable. "We are consistent in our policy of rejecting demands to revoke Provisional People's Consultative Assembly Decree No.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
No national congress needed to change Tanri, says KONI
No national congress needed to change Tanri, says KONI JAKARTA (JP): National Sports Council (KONI) secretary-general Rudolf S Warouw said on Monday there was no need for the Indonesian Tennis Association (Pelti) to call a national congress in the wake of Pelti chairman Tanri Abeng being named a suspect in the Bank Bali scandal.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Family killed in landslide
Family killed in landslide SEMARANG: Torrential rain in Central Java over the past week has caused a landslide in Pekalongan, some 100 kilometers west of here, killing a family of three. Siswoyo, 45, his wife Tarsem, 35, and their daughter Sustiyani, 12, were killed in a landslide that buried their house in Sidomulyo village on Sunday. It is believed floodwaters carried their bodies to a river, where people found them floating later in the day.
Tue, 25 Jan 2000, 00:00 WIB
Nine convicted for robbery
Nine convicted for robbery BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced nine students from Siliwangi High School in Bogor on Monday to two-and-a-half months imprisonment each for robbing and assaulting four junior high school pupils last November. Presiding Judge Sri Kasiyani said in her verdict that on Nov. 23 the nine students, named Sudrajat, Davi, Pramana, Aldi, Ari, Fauzan, Budi, Jeri and Andri gathered on the side of Jl. Baru Kedung Badak at around 5 p.m.